President Park Geun-hye held a summit in Seoul with the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni on Thursday and discussed bilateral cooperation and exchange.

The two leaders discussed various issues of common interest at the presidential office, including trade and investment, energy and resources, development cooperation and cooperation on the world stage.

Park said she believes Africa is the new growth engine of the global economy and that Uganda’s astonishing development is symbolic of this fact.

She also said she was happy to hear President Museveni often cite the example of Korea’s development in regards to his country’s future blueprint. Park proposed to share more of Korea’s development experience.

The Ugandan president responded by paying tribute to the achievements of former President Park Chung-hee, Park Geun-hye’s father. He said the changes Korea accomplished in the past 50 years are an exemplar to Africa. He then formally asked Park to visit his country.

With the two presidents attending, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Ugandan counterpart Sam Kutesa signed a basic agreement on Seoul providing an agricultural grant to the African nation.

2013 marks the 50th year since Korea and Uganda established diplomatic relations.